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78.12 - Application Of External Fixator Device, Humerus


The ICD 9 Code for Application of external fixator device, humerus is listed as 78.12.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 78.12
Description: Application of external fixator device, humerus
Short Description: Applic ext fix-humerus
Chapter: Operations on the musculoskeletal system
Subsection 1: Other operations on bones, except facial bones
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHC05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Head, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHC35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Head, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHC45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHD05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Head, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHD35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Head, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHD45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHF05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Shaft, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHF35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Shaft, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHF45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Right Humeral Shaft, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHG05Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Shaft, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHG35Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Shaft, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0PHG45Z - Insertion of External Fixation Device into Left Humeral Shaft, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 78.12:
78.10 - Application of external fixator device, unspecified site
78.11 - Application of external fixator device, scapula, clavicle, and thorax [ribs and sternum]
78.13 - Application of external fixator device, radius and ulna
78.14 - Application of external fixator device, carpals and metacarpals
78.15 - Application of external fixator device, femur
78.16 - Application of external fixator device, patella
78.17 - Application of external fixator device, tibia and fibula
78.18 - Application of external fixator device, tarsals and metatarsals
78.19 - Application of external fixator device, other bones